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Season 1 – Yu Yu Hakusho

Play trailer 2:09 Poster for Season 1 – Yu Yu Hakusho Dec 2023 Fantasy Mystery & Thriller Action Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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An unruly teenager must learn to wield newfound powers to protect his loved ones.
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Yu Yu Hakusho — Season 1

Critics Reviews

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Jan Lee The Straits Times (Singapore) Aug 14
4/5
While there are things the five-part series missed in translating the four-year manga on-screen, it is exuberant, colourful and tells a classic story in a satisfying manner. Go to Full Review
Nelson Acosta Koimoi 07/03/2024
3.5/5
We might never get the chance to have a live-action Hunter x Hunter adaptation, but having a Yu Yu Hakusho one is the next best thing, and luckily the show does a good job at presenting the character and setting up the Dark Tournament Saga. Go to Full Review
Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 03/16/2024
6.5
“Yu Yu Hakusho” boasts an excellent cast, captivating action scenes and the best part of the original comes after what we saw in the first season, one can only deem the title as successful, and also a great start to what will only become better. Go to Full Review
Danae Stahlnecker Common Sense Media 01/11/2024
Yu Yu Hakusho's lengthy fight scenes and shocking supernatural imagery are what hook viewers. Go to Full Review
Sayantan Gayen CBR 12/29/2023
6/10
The Netflix adaptation is far from perfect, but their decision to adapt it faithfully in a Japanese setting, wrapped in wall-to-wall action, may be enough reason for audiences worldwide to give the show a chance. Go to Full Review
Mariló Delgado Espinof 12/21/2023
4/5
As a supernatural action and drama series, it is entertaining, works perfectly, and is just enough to get you hooked more than perhaps planned. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Brandon M. @Built4UVeiwz May 17 Rushed source material acting was sometimes poor in some scenes but not really in the control of the show directing and crew surprisingly a good watch they stayed as true as they could to the source while trying to keep a plausible timeline for a live action adaptation I think they did a wonderful job on somthing that should have been more of a bust in live action incredibly difficult to pull this off without upsetting the true anime fans like myself and the just day to day binge fan so good job 👏 👍 See more Miguel F @Miguel96 02/22/2025 No está mal, batallas e historia bien recreada. Algunos personaje sun poco ridiculos. pero se hace amena y merece la pena verla. duracion correta de 5 episodios de 40 minutos. See more Cameron L @RT86048336 12/16/2024 After One Piece I had really high hopes for this. They could have cut a lot and gotten away with it, but they cut like 80% of it and then came up with a way worse ending to this arc. Maybe someone not invested might enjoy it. The fighting looked too crouching tiger to me which isn't my favorite. Overall I hope future attempts take note and stop cutting so much or changing so drastically already popular properties. You don't know better than the people that made it successful. Lean heavily on their success, pay respect to the fans and you'll have a good thing going. Decide to arrogantly try to make it your own way the expense of fans and you reap what you sew. At the end of the day, I just can't recommend this to anyone. I would always advocate for watching the original or just ignoring it. It's not better to have cruddy pie then no pie at all. Also not casting Kuwabara as someone of European descent who grew up in Japan is criminal. See more Pedro Henrique C @Pedro2005 12/05/2024 It has some interesting fight scenes to watch and also some terrible CGI, a score of 6.0. See more Van B @RT22728459 10/07/2024 Growing up watching the anime series multiple times, I would have to say how disappointed I am to see all the character growth condensed into just a few episodes. The live action series felt like a fan made cosplay show... The end of the dark tournament thrown into the show was so rushed. Master Genkai and Yusukes relationship was short lived. The blood, sweat and tears of training from each main character up to the final fight with Togoros team wasn't even present in this live action series. They went through so much up to the final match and that wasn't even represented in the live action like it should have. See more Matthew T @RT30456512 09/04/2024 So honestly, the actors aren't bad at all. I know a lot of people praise this as being good but, I feel like a lot of these people haven't read the manga let alone watched the anime. It hardly follows the source material. It's terrible. You introduce the Tugoro brothers and stuff from the dark tournament before Yusuke even meets Genkai. Before even his fight with Rando? It's rushed, it's not good. It's a shame because the actors are great for the most part but, who ever wrote this fire live action is obviously not a big fan and really are terrible at what they're doing. Do everyone a favor and just stop. If you're going to try to do this, do it right. You failed. See more Read all reviews
Yu Yu Hakusho — Season 1

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Dec 14, 2023 Episode 1 Awakening to a startling truth, Yusuke is greeted by a spirit world guide; meanwhile, malevolent otherworldly forces unleash chaos in the human world. Details Episode 2 Aired Dec 14, 2023 Episode 2 Rogue yokai steal three dangerous objects; as Yusuke grapples with his new powers, children playing at a park mysteriously collapse to the ground. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 14, 2023 Episode 3 Charged with reclaiming the final dangerous object, Yusuke infiltrates a mansion; Koenma assigns him a powerful mentor to help with training. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 14, 2023 Episode 4 On Kubikukuri Island, Yusuke's crew members disperse to confront their foes; locked in a prison cell, Keiko encounters Yukina and devises an escape plan. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 14, 2023 Episode 5 Yusuke finally comes face to face with Toguro and uncovers the shocking truth; Koenma confronts Sakyo as the demon world rapidly opens up. Details
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Season Info

Director
Shô Tsukikawa
Screenwriter
Tatsuro Mishima
Network
Netflix
Genre
Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date
Dec 14, 2023